Bye from SOVEREIGN by PaviElle French

Now I was told the main focus is self-preservation
But I keep on putting myself in the line of fire
This don’t make no kind of sense to me
And my whole lineage has done this for our entire…

…Existence on this continent

My cell memory, it can’t forget
The grief I have everyday
With these game we continue to play

You showed me who you are
Got me hooked up in your allure
Got me thinking there is progress
When it’s all just a ploy

You tell me it’s a bad situation, if I were to leave you
You say it’s a weak move, to not fight for you…

Well my freedom comes first
Not talking ‘bout your flag unfurled
When you make me feel I’m on my own
You must respect the seeds I’ve sown


Hook:
I’m working on my liberation
There’s no more time to wait
I’ve finally walked out of the house of illusion,
Headed toward the gate

I’m working on my liberation
There’s no more time to wait
I’ve finally walked out of the house of illusion,
No longer taking the bait.


This ain’t the time to compromise
(It Ain’t Getting No Better)

All we ever done is sacrifice
(It Ain’t Getting No Better)

All we done was try to survive
(It Ain’t Getting No Better)

Under the guise of code-switching, or believing the lies
(It Ain’t Getting No Better)

It took me ‘til now, to realize,
The struggle for so long, I’ve romanticized

I’m ready and willing to come to the table
To plan and act as I am able

To bring my full self and my honesty
To put in the work of setting ourselves free…

In the end goal
For all of the tribes of the whole
It’s purely fundamental.

I
AM
SOVEREIGN.

I love you, Mommye, [that’s how, Mama Z spelled ‘Mommy’],
I love you, Daddy.

• Experimental.
• Hip-Hop
• R&B
• R&B/Soul
• Soul
• classical
• Minneapolis